Danuta Kozaki is a reporter for ABC News in Sydney. Follow her on Twitter: @danutakozaki
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| UpdatedAmid pleas for the children of Islamic State terrorists to return to Australia for their safety, a leading psychiatrist says it is vital to understand the country is not ready to support these children who will carry unthinkable trauma.
Topics: islam, terrorism, children, syrian-arab-republic, australia
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| UpdatedDamien Anthony Peters, who killed and dismembered two of his lovers in 2001, is arrested after going on the run for more than 24 hours, having removed his electronic ankle bracelet while on parole.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, police, randwick-2031, kensington-2033
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| UpdatedIn what is believed a world-first case, a London-based support group is helping a group of women try to gain compensation from infamous terrorist Khaled Sharrouf's frozen assets.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, sydney-2000, iraq, syrian-arab-republic
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| UpdatedGas detection tests reveal readings "in excess of safe operating levels" in the bathroom of a party boat where a 39-year-old woman collapsed and died during a Sydney Harbour cruise at the weekend.
Topics: death, community-and-society, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedA high-voltage power line falls on several homes and roads at Plumpton in Sydney's west, trapping residents who were told to stay indoors, and reducing speeds on the nearby M7 motorway.
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| UpdatedAustralia's most successful alpine skier, Zali Steggall, vows to be "a voice for the sensible centre" and accuses Tony Abbott of being set in his ways when it comes to climate change, while announcing she will contest his Sydney seat of Warringah at the next federal election.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, abbott-tony, federal-elections, manly-2095, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedResidents of Sydney's Opal Tower are told there is no risk of the building collapsing, but those living in 51 of the apartments are still not able to go home after a large crack was found on the 10th floor.
Topics: emergency-incidents, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedA degree knocked back by the Australian National University about Western civilisation, funded by The Ramsay Centre, finds a new home at the University of Wollongong.
Topics: education, university-and-further-education, world-politics, wollongong-2500
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| UpdatedA report shows a drop in Sydney's property prices over recent months has seen the Harbour City lose its mantle as the fastest-growing economy across all major cities.
Topics: housing-industry, business-economics-and-finance, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedThe NSW Government makes the first steps in recovering the millions of taxpayers money it spent defending appeals by Eddie Obeid and his family stemming from the corruption watchdog's investigation.
Topics: corruption, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedJohn Burns, 28, is charged over the alleged sexual assault of a girl in NSW's Lake Macquarie region while on bail, and using social media to "groom" her for a year before the attack.
Topics: crime, sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, nsw, cardiff-2285
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| UpdatedAustralia's largest Islamic school has its funding permanently restored by new federal Education Minister Dan Tehan. Its future had previously hung in the balance after $19 million in funding was cut due to governance issues.
Topics: education, community-and-society, religion-and-beliefs, islam, government-and-politics, greenacre-2190
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| UpdatedThe NSW Government is in talks with the contractor of the delayed CBD light rail project to bring forward the completion date from 2020 to December 2019 to appease residents and businesses, a parliamentary inquiry hears.
Topics: state-parliament, government-and-politics, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedA man is facing charges stemming from an alleged brawl which erupted during a Liberal Party branch meeting at a Kebab shop in Sydney's south in June.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, crime, police, assault, arncliffe-2205
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| UpdatedWhether you have a mortgage, are renting, or are trying to get into the property market, Sydneysiders are Australia's most stressed about housing, a new report shows.
Topics: housing, government-and-politics, lifestyle, business-economics-and-finance, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedThe Harbour City will be one of only 10 cities in the world to get the largest King Tut exhibition to ever leave Egypt, and to welcome it there will be a $50 million museum upgrade.
Topics: library-museum-and-gallery, arts-and-entertainment, archaeology, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedRamadan is about religious focus and family, but as a busy working mother, it is also about being organised enough not to miss that all-important caffeine hit.
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| UpdatedThe NSW Government says it is reviewing a controversial Chinese Government-sponsored program to teach Mandarin in schools, amid claims it could expose children to propaganda.
Topics: education, alcohol-education, government-and-politics, schools, primary-schools, secondary-schools, nsw
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Coffs Harbour and Port Botany are getting federal budget gifts tomorrow but Sydney will be ripped off, the State Opposition says, with Victoria getting the lion's share in federal funding.
Topics: budget, states-and-territories, road-transport, federal-government, government-and-politics, coffs-harbour-2450, sydney-2000, port-botany-2036, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedCalls for Australia to stop relying so heavily on Chinese international students and start looking to its neighbours for students will be discussed at an ASEAN education meeting in Malaysia today.
Topics: government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, malaysia, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedThe future of Australia's largest Islamic school, Malek Fahd, hangs in the balance after a full bench of the Federal Court dismisses an appeal against its $19 million federal education funding cut.
Topics: primary-schools, secondary-schools, schools, education, education-industry, greenacre-2190, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedFor Syrian refugees who have managed to find safe haven in Australia, the recent weeks of renewed fighting in their home country has led to a spike in demand for counselling services.
Topics: refugees, immigration, sydney-2000, australia, kurdistan, iraq, syrian-arab-republic
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| UpdatedNew South Wales' gambling landscape is set to be overhauled, with a cap on new pokies in several areas in western Sydney and huge fine increases for badly behaved online bookies.
Topics: gambling, state-parliament, states-and-territories, nsw, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedSydney crime figure Raphael Joseph was kidnapped and "inevitably murdered" by a drug syndicate on a rural property in Blaxlands Ridge in Sydney's north-west, police say, after locating a car linked to his 2014 disappearance.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, police, missing-person, blaxlands-ridge-2758
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| UpdatedA Sydney driver survives and is treated for minor facial injuries after his car plunges 30 metres over a Mosman cliff, in the city's north.
Topics: accidents, disasters-and-accidents, police, mosman-2088, nsw